GENE NOJI

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• Football

Top-seeded Saddleback prepares for battle with Woodbridge in CIF Division 13 semifinal

November 19, 2025 Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone

Saddleback players celebrate after a league victory this season. (PHOTO: Tim Burt, OC Sports...

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• Football

Gene Noji, Woodbridge’s first football coach who led Warriors to a CIF championship, dies

August 14, 2025 Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone

Gene Noji in 2023 followed the Warriors in a varsity football game on campus....

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• Football

PHOTOS: Woodbridge football team hosts Dana Hills in first true home game on campus

September 14, 2023 Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone

The captains from Dana Hills and Woodbridge meet before Thursday’s game for the coin...

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• Woodbridge High School > Warriors

Derrick Odum relishing job as defensive coordinator with high-flying San Jose State

November 25, 2020 Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone

Defensive coordinator Derrick Odum is also associate head coach with the Spartans. (Photo courtesy...

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• Irvine
• Irvine High School > Vaqueros

Irvine scholar athlete banquet and Woodbridge fund-raiser cancelled

April 15, 2020 Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone

Irvine High scholar athletes who won awards at last year’s scholar athlete banquet included...

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• Irvine
• Woodbridge High School > Warriors

Woodbridge football coach Rick Gibson to retire at the end of the season after 32 years

October 25, 2019 Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone

Rick Gibson will be retiring at the end of the season. (Photo Fernando M....